It seemed like eons ago that Swiss police showed up (the first time) at 6 a.m. at the five-star Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich, asked for the room registry and began knocking on doors and hauling awayFIFA officials only protected from public view by bed sheets held up by hotel employees suit coats with […]
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What They're Saying: Alejandro Dominguez
“We had said that we would have four pillars, and the first two pillars were clear accounts and accountability. Today we are accountable to the leaders and the whole world of football.” — Conmebol president Alejandro Dominguez after an Ernst & Young audit found leaders of South America’s soccer confederation transferred $128.6 million between 2000 […]
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British tax investigators raid Newcastle and West Ham offices
Newcastle United managing director Lee Charnley was arrested and later released without charges in connection with a wide-ranging HM Revenue and Customs investigation into suspected criminaltax fraud in pro soccer in England and France. Offices of Newcastle United and West Ham United were raided on Wednesday as 180 officers looking into income tax and national […]
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Concacaf sues Warner and Blazer for $20 million
In papers filed this week in Federal court in Brooklyn, Concacaf sued former FIFA officials and Concacaf executives Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer of embezzlement, accusing them ofnegotiating bribes and kickbacks in connection with lucrative broadcasting rights for Concacaf tournaments, including the Gold Cup, and seeking the $20 million in compensatory damages and unspecifiedpunitive damages. […]
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Blatter says he met with U.S. Justice Department officials last fall
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter told a group of international reporters on Friday he had met lawyers from the U.S. Justice Department but was not a suspect in their ongoing corruptioninvestigations. The 81-year-old Blatter, banned for six years by FIFA’s own ethics committee at the height of the FIFA scandal, said he had met the U.S. […]
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What They're Saying: German attorney general's office
“A significant share price drop could have been expected if a player had been seriously injured or even killed as a result of the attack.” — German attorney general’s office after a28-year-old German-Russian citizen was arrested Friday on suspicion of conducting the bombing of the Borussia Dortmund team bus on April 11 in an attack […]
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Corruption investigations into six Brazilian World Cup stadium projects
Brazil’s Supreme Court have launched a new wave of political corruption investigations related the construction of six of 2014 World Cup venues, including the Maracana Stadium, where the final wasplayed.
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Iraqi with Islamic State ties arrested in Dortmund bus attack
A 26-year-old Iraqi man, believed to be a member of Islamic State, was arrested in connection with the attack on the Borussia Dortmund bus carrying players to the Dortmund-Monaco UEFA Champions Leaguegame on Tuesday. The man, identified as Abdul Beset A., traveled to Turkey in March 2015 and then to Germany in early 2016. While […]
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EPL wins court order to block illegal streams
The English Premier League won a court order to allow internet providers to begin blocking illegally streamed games on so-called IPTV, or Kodi, boxes.
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MLS: Three New York fans arrested after Orlando opener
Three soccer fans from New York were arrested on charges that included aggravated battery after an Orange County deputy, working extra duty for the Orlando Police Department, was injured while tryingto break up a fight after Orlando City’s home opener Sunday against New York City FC. Gustavo “Gus” Marinoni was hurt outside the new Orlando […]